HID's in my projectors...
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RE: HID's in my projectors... - 10/13/2007 9:12:19 AM
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y9pema
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i'm not sure but i think HID projectors are different in the way they scatter light. i want to do a retrofit into my halo housings, over the winter. with some tsx projectors. supposedly retrofit is the way to go to get that oem hid look. the ebay stuff dosent have that nice sharp cutoff, and ive read that they are not street legal. ive seen tsx and other types of projectors with ballasts and harnesses on ebay for like 400.00 bucks. but mounting them into oem or the halo housings is going to be challenging.
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RE: HID's in my projectors... - 10/20/2007 3:36:45 AM
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korrupt1
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guys, look up a company....McCulloch I believe it is....they have plug and play kits...know they had one for my legend and I believe I saw other honda apps on their site.
also the chryslers/bmw's is a 6000k if I am remebering right....ill dig up the list of colors here maybe tomorrow
there are a few other plug ang play companies but McCulloch is a top rated place as I remember
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RE: HID's in my projectors... - 10/22/2007 9:14:46 AM
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falkore24
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I have HID's in my TYC non-HID fixtures and they work great. I have 5000k and have never been harrassed about them.
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RE: HID's in my projectors... - 10/23/2007 11:17:24 AM
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falkore24
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5000k is almost pure white with a bit of blue around the beam. If you look at them dead on, you will see white, but from a slight angle they show some blue. The lens can cause refraction which will lower the effective color temp (what you see). I think that 4300k is the color of the sun and the brightest. The farther you get from 4300, the less effective the light will be [lumens per Watt].
6000 will show some blue and a little pure white. 4000 will have some yellow. Above 6k and it will start to get into the purple range.
6000 with a lot of curved glass in the lens will be similar to my 5000's due to refraction shortening the wavelength of the light.
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RE: HID's in my projectors... - 10/23/2007 11:50:45 AM
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falkore24
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Curved isn't a huge problem as long as it is consistant and not too thick..... curved with varying or too much thickness will cause refraction. If you can see clearly through it without much distortion or magnification, it won't change the color output.
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RE: HID's in my projectors... - 10/24/2007 8:39:48 AM
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falkore24
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nah .... I'd lean toward the higher temp of what you are looking for .... refraction will only cost you in lighting power, lowering the frequency and color temp
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